Slide, Roll, Slam

“The sounds of shoes sliding against smooth wood lanes and bowling balls rolling like thunder then slamming against multiple pins rings in my ears.” Slide, Roll, Slam starts off very strong, keeping a great pace throughout, overall being a great piece of writing. Throughout the paper, the author keeps the reader engrossed and interested. The author shows she did a lot of research and observing, and a put a lot of effort into this piece. She observed and examined everything, focusing on the people and the actual bowling alley. Every little detail she has included in this paper. In order to make you feel like you are there, tons of descriptions are necessary. The paper starts by strongly focusing on the people at the bowling alley. You seem to get to actually know the people just by reading the paper. The writer comes to a lot of strong conclusions about the people at the bowling alley, for example: “It seems to me that the teams comprised mostly of older men are bowling to have fun and are the ones that cheer on their team mates.  I get the feeling from watching the men’s behavior that the middle aged and young men that are serious about the game and play to win.  They don’t waste time with a lot of loud cheering. The men on all the teams are good bowlers and it is evident that they have been bowling for a long time.” Just by observing the people at the bowling alley, paying attention to each detail, she was able to make such strong conclusions and assumptions. Other assumptions and connections were made, pulling in bowlers’ interests in wrestling and country music. The writer uses a lot of specific examples to back up what is said, and incorporates a lot of commentary in her writing. The author then transitions from describing the people bowling, to the alley itself. The author described everything she saw, including the main entrance, the concession stand, the arcade, tables, and benches. The piece further goes into detail, for the author has examined speakers, strobe lights, and every sign in the alley and all they information it had on it. All the observations made at the bowling alley was written with such detail, and it is overall a really strong and successful paper.